Whiffletree-hook.



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' L. A. BEEMAN.

WHIFFLET'BEE. HOUK. (Application led May 10, 1902.) (No Model.)

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LUCAS A. BEEMAN, OF MANNSVILLE, NEW YORK.

WHlFFLETREE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,997, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed May 10, 1902.

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCAS A. BEEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manns` ville, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented a new and useful IVhiffletree-I'Iook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whiffletree-hooks; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described, and specilied in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device applied. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the hook detached. Fig. 3 is an end view with the device applied as in Fig. 1.

The device which is the subject of the present invention consists of a ferrule 10, attached to the end of the singletree, a portion of which is indicated at 11, with two hooks 12 and 13 extending from the rear side and curving around toward each other and overlapping, as shown. The hook 13 is curved downward and outward and is somewhat shorter than the hook 12, which is curved upward and inward and is longer than the hook 13 and approaches to a point comparatively near the ferrule 10,as shown, leaving only room enough for the passage of the trace-ring 14. The trace-ring is of the ordinary construction and is forked and pivotally engages the trace, a section ofwhich is indicated at 15. The hooks 12 and 13 thus interlap for a distance, as shown, and are separated sufficiently only toV permit the passage of the trace-ring when connecting and disconnecting it from the hooks. This interlapping form of the hooks effectually prevents the removal of the tracering unless the latter be moved into an unusual position, a position which it never assumes when in use. Consequently after being coupled the trace will not become uncoupled While in use and can be uncoupled only by moving the ring4 14 around over the end of the ferrule and turning the trace over flatwise, a position it would never assume of Serial No. 106.825. (No model.)

its own volition or by any possible movement to which it would be subjected when in use.

The device can be made of any required size to adapt it to any style of vehicle from the heaviest to the lightest.

The device will preferably be of malleable iron or steel, so that it will withstand the severe strains to which it will be subjected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim `is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a whif- Vfletree hook comprising a ferrule having spaced overlapping hooks extending from its ends, one hook curving inwardly and upwardly and the other hook curving inwardly and downwardly, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a whifiietree-hook comprising a ferrule having a hook member extending from one end and curving upwardly and backwardly to a point near the other end of the ferrule, and a secondaryguard-hook extendingfrom said other end of the ferrule and curvingl inwardly and downwardly, and underlapping the said hook member and spaced therefrom, substantially as described.

3. In a whili'letreehook, a ferrule attached to the whiffletree, a hook member extending from the outer end of said ferrule and curving inwardly and backwardly to a point near its inner end, a secondary guard-hook extending from the other end of said ferrule and curving outwardly and downwardly beneath said hook member and spaced therefrom, and a trace-ring adapted to engage said ferrule within said hook and irremovahle therefrom unless moved into an unusual position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LUCAS A. BEEMAN.

W'itnesses: p

REUBEN W. FLANDER, OSCAR WARD. 

